Steel industry news

While many factories remain loss-making and the property sector continues to hold back demand, analysts see rising orders from state-backed manufacturing and construction activity, along with rising exports.

In just four months, there have been seven cases of countries using trade defense measures on Vietnamese steel products. This creates more risks in the context of businesses planning to increase production.

Recently, construction steel prices on the market have been continuously adjusted upward by manufacturers, in which Hoa Phat ribbed steel bars increased by 460,000 VND per ton.

Iron ore prices continued their strong rally from last week after China announced policies to facilitate home buying.

China's steel exports expected to hit eight-year high this year

The risk that steel demand in China has peaked and will decline in the coming period has a major impact on steel companies around the world.

Shareholders of Hoa Phat, Hoa Sen, Nam Kim, and Ton Dong A are "sitting on hot coals" as world steel prices fall freely, "holding their breath" waiting for anti-dumping decisions.

In the first half of this year, the amount of steel Vietnam exported to this market reached 1.6 million tons, an increase of 21% over the same period last year.

Galvanized steel consumption increased sharply by 38% in the first 5 months of this year, but the recovery is considered insignificant due to the low base from last year.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade said that up to now, Vietnamese exports have faced 252 trade remedy investigation cases from 24 markets and territories.

In the general difficult context of the construction materials industry, the steel production industry also faces many challenges.